Mint Room in Bath cooking up a bid for 2012 British Curry Awards

A Bath restaurant is in line to win a top prize in the curry industry.

The Mint Room is among 108 restaurants nationally shortlisted for the 2012 British Curry Awards.

The Lower Bristol Road restaurant has been shortlisted in the category for Best Spice Restaurant South West.

The results will be announced at a dinner at London’s Battersea Evolution next Monday, which will be attended by more than 1,600 restaurateurs, celebrities and senior political figures.

More than a quarter of a million public nominations were received for this year’s awards.

British Curry Awards founder and organiser Enam Ali said: “For any restaurant to get to this stage is really quite something. We’ve always had a very good public response to our nomination process, but this year it has been absolutely staggering.

The British Curry Awards, now in their eighth year, are recognised as the industry’s premier prize. As well as the ten winners who will collect their awards on the night, a further ten restaurants will be given special recognition for their achievements.

Comments

Overpriced, not very memorable food - you can find better curries elsewhere in Bath. The only things memorable about our evening were the extremely patronising staff and a rather long wait to be seated (even though we booked)... Very disappointed with the Mint Room so I don't think they deserve any sort of award.